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Education Week, 2012
"Quality Counts 2012," the 16th edition of "Education Week"'s annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Education, Educational Quality, Competition
Bagby, Susan; Chavarria, Linda Stout – 1980
The mini reviews in this collection synthesize current information regarding three timely topics in outdoor education: utilizing adventure education as a treatment mode for juvenile delinquency; providing outdoor education for the handicapped; and developing outdoor education nature centers. In "Outdoor Adventure Education and Juvenile…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Behavior Change, Delinquency, Disabilities
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Information Services and Use, 1990
This issue presents selected papers from a World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/EURO) consultation (Munich, West Germany, May 8-10, 1989) which explored the creation of a metadatabase for European environmental health information systems (EEHIS). Topics discussed include environmental monitoring programs, environmental…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Sources, International Cooperation, International Programs
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Rodda, John C.; And Others – Information Development, 1994
Includes 17 articles on aspects of collecting, managing, and disseminating data about the world's water supply and use. Topics addressed include United Nations agencies involved with water resources; management information systems; providing information needed by water resources professionals; and the role of regional organizations in providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Information Dissemination, Information Management
Baird, Marcia, Comp.; And Others – 1979
This collection of 32 reports presents information on a variety of dial access systems and addresses such specific issues as programming, promotion, evaluation, and community involvement. Individual reports discuss a public library's dial access service, a tape library of financial information, information services in child care, a teacher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Information Services, Dial Access Information Systems
Ely, Donald P., Ed.; Minor, Barbara B., Ed. – 1996
The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook (EMTY) is designed to provide media and instructional technology professionals with an up-to-date, single-source overview and assessment of the field of educational technology. The 1995/96 EMTY is divided into eight parts. Part 1 focuses on trends and issues and includes articles on reforming…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change
Stripling, Barbara K., Ed. – 1999
This is the inaugural volume of the Principles and Practice Series which is intended to provide practicing library media professionals with research and theory that are grounded in effective practice. This volume is organized into six sections. Part 1, "Overview," provides an overall context for examination of literacy and learning in an…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Information Services, Information Sources
Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1988
The document is intended to help states and local communities locate resources to support children and adults with extensive health needs in the community. An overview article, titled "Supporting People with Medical and Physical Needs in the Community," by Bonnie Shoultz and Julie Ann Racino, identifies principles for community…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Health Services, Information Sources, Normalization (Handicapped)
Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed.; Minor, Barbara B., Ed. – 1997
The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook (EMTY) is designed to provide media and instructional technology professionals with an up-to-date, single-source overview and assessment of the field of educational technology, including trends, issues, innovations, and research findings. The 1997 edition of EMTY is divided into eight parts. Part 1…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Educational Development
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2007
This publication presents a collection of resources on violence prevention and safe schools. This document contains the following parts: (1) Introduction; (2) A Few Resource Aids; (3) Public Policy and Funding Opportunities; (4) More Resource Aids on Violence Prevention and Safe Schools; and (5) Concluding Comment. Individual sections contain…
Descriptors: Prevention, Public Policy, School Safety, Violence
Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. – 2002
The United States Congress in December 2000 appropriated funds to the Library of Congress (LC) to spearhead an effort to develop a national strategy for the preservation of digital information. LC staff scheduled a series of conversations with representatives from the technology, business, entertainment, academic, legal, archival, and library…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Text, Information Policy, Information Sources
Walne, Peter, Comp. – 1985
This reader is intended to supplement existing textbooks and instructional materials in both introductory and advanced courses for archivists, records managers, and other information specialists. Although the articles and reports selected for inclusion necessarily reflect various international concepts emerging from administrative traditions and…
Descriptors: Archives, Continuing Education, Developing Nations, Government Publications
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Center for Special Education Technology. – 1990
This set of 10 resource inventories provides listings of information and service resources organized by state or by subtopic. Listings typically include name, address, phone, and a contact person. The first inventory lists the 39 Alliance for Technology Access Centers which are community-based resources providing specific areas of expertise for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Oriented Programs, Disabilities
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1994
After the publication of the Clinton Administration's "The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action," a group of telecommunication specialists were asked to evaluate the proposals in order to broaden the policy discussion concerning the National Information Infrastructure (NII). This collection contains their visions of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Federal Programs, Information Literacy
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1999
The guide discusses the role of computers in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom, drawing heavily on the experiences of the Arlington (Virginia) Education and Employment Program (REEP). After an introductory section, chapters address these topics in brief articles written by practitioners: initial considerations in program design (the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
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